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1943

The Spider Woman

Directed by Roy William Neill
Grim mystery to hold you breathless!

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".

Duration

1h 3m

Released

December 24, 1943

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Cast33

  • Basil Rathbone
  • Nigel Bruce
  • Gale Sondergaard
  • Dennis Hoey
  • Vernon Downing
  • Alec Craig
  • Arthur Hohl
  • Mary Gordon
  • Teddy Infuhr

Part ofThe Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection

Includes The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939), Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942), Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942), Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943), Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943), The Spider Woman (1943), The Scarlet Claw (1944), The Pearl of Death (1944), The House of Fear (1945), The Woman in Green (1945), Pursuit to Algiers (1945), Terror by Night (1946), and Dressed to Kill (1946).

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